RAFFERTY v. PERKINS

No. 97-CT-00739-SCT.

757 So.2d 992 (2000)

Lisa Marie Fry Perkins RAFFERTY v. Vernon Wayne PERKINS, Jr. and Gerald F. Easter.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Chatham, Sr., Hernando, Attorney for Appellant.

Ronald L. Taylor, Jack Jones, Southaven, Attorneys for Appellees.

EN BANC.


BANKS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This case arises out of a paternity suit prosecuted in the name of Lisa Marie Perkins Rafferty (Rafferty) as next friend for her minor child, Justin Patrick Perkins (Justin). A jury in the DeSoto County Chancery Court found that Vernon Wayne Perkins, Jr., (Perkins) is the biological father of Justin Patrick Perkins. Rafferty perfected her appeal to this Court, which assigned the case to the Court of Appeals. A divided...

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